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The survey said that sectors like IT-Software, BPO, banking and oil/gas witnessed double-digit percentage growth in their hiring numbers in the last one month. Hitesh Oberoi, CEO and MD, Info Edge India said, "2013 will see an improvement in fresh and replacement hiring and there will be demand for skilled candidates. Improvement in government decision making and buoyancy in financial markets may lead to a much better macro environment in the coming months."
In terms of the sectors, while banking, oil and gas, and BPO saw positive movement in hiring activity, telecom and insurance sectors saw dipping hiring levels with index value going down by 6% and 8% respectively in January 2013 over December 2012. Oil & Gas sector saw a 24% improvement in hiring activity while both Banking and BPO sector saw 14% increase in their hiring levels during the same time period.
For functional areas, highest demand was seen for professionals in ITES, software services and sales domains where the Naukri Job speak index moved up by 18%, 15% and 10% respectively in January 2013 over December 2012.
The Naukri Job Speak index from February 2010 includes both online jobs as wells as jobs acquired from existing clients by their tele-calling team. On the basis of job listings added to the site every month, the data shows an increase or decrease in the index. To calculate the index, job listings added to the site in July 2008 have been taken as 1,000. Naukri Job Speak not only talks about sectors or cities but also about the total job movement on site. The total jobs on site include jobs added plus jobs refreshed.
